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15. Dahomey Réjouissances à Porto-Novo; les échassiers

African Art Museum

15. Dahomey Réjouissances à Porto-Novo; les échassiers
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Object Details

Creator

Society of African Missions
Lescuyer, Maurice

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Printed text on recto reads: "15. Dahomey - Réjouissances à Porto-Novo; les échassiers."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Dahomey - Festivities in Porto-Novo; the stilt walkers."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Missions Africaines, 150, cours Gambetta, Lyon."
Printed text on verso reads: "Photoypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon."
Manuscript on verso reads: "106."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3963

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ee5fe1ad-d041-433a-9594-c79b8be5f2a7

Local Numbers

EEPA DM-08-02

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Benin

Topic

Dance
Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Provenance

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000207633; 20100729 EEPA 2010-025.

Creator

Society of African Missions
Lescuyer, Maurice

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 13.5 cm.)

Date

[ca. 1930]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 2010-025-0002

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3963
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ee5fe1ad-d041-433a-9594-c79b8be5f2a7
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087478-0

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